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The 17th Street Canal breach in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Environment
Ten years later, the lessons of Hurricane Katrina apply to all of us
A boar forages in Bainem Forest, Algiers.
Conflict
Elderly man killed by wild boar in Sicily makes a tense situation worse
Members of Dignity Boston, a congregation of LGBT Catholics and their supporters, attend Sunday liturgy service on August 9, 2015.
Belief
LGBT Catholics are looking forward to Pope Francis’s US visit and hoping for change
A migrant boy guards his parents' suitcase, as the family waits all day to apply for asylum in Berlin.
Justice
Not like Airbnb: Germans open their doors and their wallets to share apartments with immigrants
A vendor holds Chinese Yuan notes at a market in Beijing.
Economics
Markets wobble as China further devalues its currency
Said Hassan, manager of Gaza Sky Geeks, advises entrepreneurs at the group's pre-investment "boot camp."
Development
Geeks in Gaza: Building businesses under duress
Two ID pictures of Orhan Gönder, taken a year apart. His family says they show the transformation of the teenager from a high school senior to an ISIS recruit.
Conflict
ISIS recruited my son ‘because he’s Kurdish’
BIC South Africa posted this image on their Facebook page on August 9th, National Women's Day in South Africa. A storm of criticism followed and on August 11th the company apologized for the post and removed it from their Facebook page.
Business
South Africa sends mixed messages to women, even on National Women’s Day
An employee works at a garment factory, which exports products overseas, in Hefei, Anhui province January 19, 2015.
Economics
What might China’s currency devaluation mean for US consumers?
Girls demonstrate against the Saudi-led coalition outside the offices of the United Nations in Yemen's capital Sanaa August 11, 2015.
Conflict
Saudi and UAE boots on the ground intensify the Yemen war